By Beardy Neil

He's the younger, slightly less handsome one. I normally beat him on fishing trips. I hope he doesn't read this...

Looking up. Farmoor July 2016

After a few rather uninspiring sessions at Farmoor Reservoir recently, I was determined to return an...

 In On the water

Gear review: Aquasure & Whizz Lube

I’ve bought some useless fishing gear in my time, the stuff that you only use once and then si...

 In Gear

Sedge Patterns

With sedges starting to hatch throughout June, its worth having a few patterns in the box just in ca...

 In Fly Tying

A perfect day? Farmoor June 2016

I’ve read a few posts recently on fly fishing forums talking about what makes a ‘successful’ d...

 In On the water

Beardy Bros on Tour 2016

The Beardy Bros annual tour this year saw us return to Eyebrook, where we enjoyed two fantastic half...

 In On the water

Barrio Floating Line

Last year, after struggling with casting any sort of distance, I finally realised I was under-lining...

 In Gear

Self-tied Leaders

Apps Worms

Winter nymphs

Snowbee Pedestal Vice

I’ve been tying flies for around a year now with mixed early success but I think I’m getting bet...

 In Gear

Manningford Fishery

Meon Springs – Dec 2015

Lyn Brenig – July 2015

As an early 40th birthday celebration, my wife and I had a couple of days exploring the north-west c...

 In On the water

Traditional flies for river fishing

Ahead of a trip to north Wales, and a chance to fish the River Seiont, I’ve tied up a few trad...

 In Fly Tying

Draycote Reservoir June 2015

Its my 40th this year, so to celebrate (commiserate?) a couple of mates, who are also 40, and I deci...

 In On the water

Buzzer variants

Narborough Fishery – May 2015

May half-term found our whole family (two adults, three kids, one friend and one dog) trouping off t...

 In On the water

Mclean Folding Ejector Tri Net

Time to invest in a new landing net. I bought my current one when I first started fishing and while...

 In Gear

Black and green

In anticipation of a bit of early spring fishing, I’ve tied up a few black and green patterns ...

 In Fly Tying

Fly tying face-off!

As Beardy Paul and I are clearly desperate to get on the water but can’t find a spare hour bet...

 In Fly Tying

Grey Boy Buzzer

When I first started fly fishing again a few years ago, I bought a job lot of flies off ebay. Among ...

 In Nymphs